Walking the Wyrm, Power and Punishment within the City Walls

Please note, the distance of this walk is has been reduced to roughly 5 miles. Most of the identical dragons have been replaced with some great locations more central.

This is a walk along parts of the boundary of the ancient City of London—marked by cast-iron dragons, facing outward, always watching.

You’ll hear stories of ritual, control and the consequences of disobedience within the City’s walls. We’ll stop for refreshments at the Viaduct Tavern—a Victorian gin palace adorned with Pre-Raphaelite friezes and built above the cells of Newgate Prison. We’ll pass some London treasures well worth guarding.
Some say chasing dragons is a dangerous hobby. They’re right. But these dragons don’t breathe fire—they guard power and you’ll feel it.
The route starts and ends at London Bridge Station. Expect around 5 miles, with one proper break and regular stops to look sideways at the city most people never really see.
And where better a place for a farewell than with the dragon-slayer himself, at The George. The last of Southwark’s great coaching inns, all creaking beams and heavy with history, just a stone’s throw from where Chaucer’s pilgrimage began—but where ours ends.
And by then, we’ll have plenty of tales to tell.

This is an introvert-friendly walk. I keep the group deliberately small so no one feels overwhelmed, and there’s no pressure to talk or perform. It’s a casual, friendly space to be ourselves—and if we pick up some new nuggets of history along the way, all the better.